Famous Quotes & Sayings

Emmylou Harris

I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.

John Noble

'Lord Of The Rings' fandom was massive, worldwide, entrenched. Generally it had been part of the fans' life all their life, because they had it read to them as children; they'd become Tolkien students.

However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god - the market.

Al Franken

I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.

Al Gore

We can't negotiate the facts. We can't negotiate the truth about the situation. And for those who are too fearful to finish, it can be done and must be done. Make sure we succeed, . . . It is wrong for this generation to destroy the habitability of our planet and ruin the prospects of every future generation.

Alanis Morissette

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Unfortunately because of the variety of outlets for people to speak their minds on the Internet and that kind of thing, it's made the media in general more opinionated and there's more of a 'gotcha mentality' than real reporting.

Katie Holmes

He's the most incredible man. He's so generous and kind, and he helps so many people, and, um, he makes me laugh like I've never laughed, and he's a great friend.

Edward Norton

My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s.

Bruno Bettelheim

What cannot be talked about cannot be put to rest. And if it is not, the wounds will fester from generation to generation.

Archie Shepp

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.

Avi Rubin

As new generations [of computers] come out, usually there are increased complexity and features, [that lead to] increased security problems. Plus, other industries have shown that every new generation has its own set of security problems.

Brian Schweitzer

The generosity of Montanans is inspiring.

Brian Aldiss

Let's have a toast-to the future generation of consumers, however many heads or assholes they have!

Kristen Schaal

Animals in general have sparked a weird depression in me, because as much as I tried, I couldn't layer a personality over them. You know what I mean? I would stare at the cows, and I would sing to the cows, and they would always just look at me blankly.

We have zeroed in on a number. In general terms, we're talking about $25 million.

We've seen responses that these genetic problems are being eliminated.

Liz Ellis

The real beneficiaries will be the next generation of netballers and other professional sportswomen.

Marie Brennan

When I'm working on a novel, I generally do write every day, but in between those marathons, I take breaks. My brain needs time to recharge.

Benjamin Franklin

The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.

Dean Koontz

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

Edward Kennedy

[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.

Ayelet Waldman

Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth?

C. S. Lewis

Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.

Cobi Jones

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

Elia Kazan

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

B. C. Forbes

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

Kris Jenner

I raised my kids kind of old-fashioned - if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it at all. I teach love, acceptance, and tolerance... I sometimes think that this generation is lacking in decency.

Mohammed Morsi

When I say, 'I am supporting the police or the army,' I am talking about the army in general and the police in general. In general, those institutions are good institutions.

Norman Lear

At great, great remove sit the head of General Electric, the head of News Corp, the head of Viacom, or the head of this giant international corporation that wants these ratings.

Cynthia Kenyon

Perhaps genes did regulate the aging process. Perhaps different organisms had different life spans because a universal regulatory 'clock' was set to run at different speeds in different species.